-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Wildlife officials in Colorado say they have killed a bear believed to have been involved in an attack on a teenage boy Friday morning .

Park officials used 10 tracking dogs to hunt for the brazen black bear , which wandered into a heavily-populated campsite overnight .

They established a scent trail by late afternoon , said spokesman Randy Hampton of Colorado Parks and Wildlife .

At the end of the trail , they discovered a 200-pound bear that matched the description of the one involved in the early morning attack . It was shot and killed .

Officials had said earlier they would have to kill the bear , pointing to the bold and aggressive behavior it exhibited when it wandered into the site with so many campers .

The incident occurred in an encampment filled with hundreds of people participating in a bow-hunting event , Hampton said .

`` We manage wild bears for a healthy and thriving population , '' said Dan Prenzlow , regional manager for wildlife with Colorado Parks and Wildlife .

`` But when an individual bear enters a tent and attacks a sleeping person , we manage that animal to protect the public safety . ''

The bear entered a tent occupied by a teenage boy and at least one other person early Friday . It bit the boy on the leg , but the teen fought it off . The bear was then chased away by the teen and other campers at the site .

Wildlife officials who responded to the scene determined that the black bear had been poking around the campsite before it attacked the teenage boy . Investigators said they found a ransacked cooler and evidence that food had been eaten before the bear entered the tent .

The teenager was taken to a hospital in nearby Leadville , Colorado , Hampton said . He was treated for deep lacerations on one of his legs and released . He is expected to recover but will receive followup treatment .

The boy , identified as 13-year-old Rick Voss , told CNN affiliate KUSA that the bear stop attacking him and ran after another camper who ran away .

`` I got lucky . If he did n't run for help ... luckily the bear chased him . The bear kept getting more and more aggressive and I did n't think I would have lived if he did n't run , '' Voss told the affiliate .

Hampton estimated that there are 12,000 black bears on Colorado 's 23 million acres of public land . There are no known brown bears or grizzlies in the state .

Earlier this month , a man was killed in a grizzly bear attack in Wyoming 's Yellowstone Park . But park officials said the man , who was hiking with his wife , surprised the female grizzly while she was with her cubs . They determined that she was acting defensively and decided not to put the bear down .

CNN 's Nigel Walwyn contributed to this report .

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Black bear enters a tent and bites a teenage boy in the leg

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The boy fights off the bear , a Colorado parks spokesman says

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Wildlife officials kill the bear due to its apparent aggressiveness

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Tracking dogs are used to help find the bear